Lara Schmidt

My takeaway after the summary: What looked like genius was sometimes just opacity.

OK so On the Shortness of Life hit different tonight 📚 It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Context: I was doomscrolling, opened Book Drop instead, and this quote basically described my whole week. Sharing because maybe someone else needs the nudge too. Also — that AI cover is gorgeous.

Sharing a gem from The Stranger: I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.

A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, to a leader, and to an idea.

Honest review after the summary of Becoming: Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own. What surprised me most is how practical it felt. Not fluff. I wrote three notes in my phone and already used one in a meeting today. Curious if anyone else got the same takeaway!

Longer thoughts on The Big Short: The people who saw the crisis coming. I’ve recommended this idea to two friends already. One said it reframed how they plan their mornings; the other saved the quote for their journal. That’s the power of a good 10-minute summary. Dropping it here for the community 🌍